Azaz
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|Azaz is the administrative center of Nahiya Azaz and the [[Azaz District.]] Azaz () is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 at the 2004 census. , its inhabitants were almost entirely Sunni Muslims, mostly Arabs but also some Turkmen.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Azaz
- Settlement.native_name
- أَعْزَاز
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mosque_in_A'zaz.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 180px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- أعزاز
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Azaz Subdistrict
- Official language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Syrian pound
- Population
- +155965
- Elevation
- +560
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Azaz
- Image
- Mosque in A'zaz.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Islamic period
- Crusader period
- 13th–20th centuries
- Syrian civil war
- Climate
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|250px|right|Azaz is the administrative center of Nahiya Azaz and the [[Azaz District.]] Azaz () is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 at the 2004 census. , its inhabitants were almost entirely Sunni Muslims, mostly Arabs but also some Turkmen.
It is historically significant as the site of the Battle of Azaz between the Crusader States and the Seljuk Turks on June 11, 1125. It is close to a Syria–Turkey border crossing, which enters Turkey at Öncüpınar, south of the city of Kilis. It was the capital of the Syrian Interim Government. The pro-Turkish forces' control over the area did not end until the SIG was incorporated into the Syrian caretaker government at the end of January 2025.